| Author |
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834 |
| Editor |
Coleridge, Ernest Hartley, 1846-1920 |
| Title |
Anima Poetæ
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| Note |
Reading ease score: 63.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
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| Credits |
Produced by Jonathan Ingram, Carla Foust, and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
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| Summary |
"Anima Poetæ" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge is a collection of unpublished notes and reflections written in the early 19th century. This work serves as a compilation of Coleridge's thoughts, insights, and personal musings drawn from his extensive note-taking throughout his life as a poet and philosopher. The book aims to share the intimate and often fragmented nature of his internal dialogues, giving readers a glimpse into the mind of one of the most significant figures in English literature. At the start of the collection, Coleridge reflects on the importance of his notebooks as confidants that preserve his ideas and emotions. The beginning showcases diverse themes, including love, duty, the nature of poetry, and insights about childhood and perception. His prose is poetic and philosophical, weaving together observations that are at once personal and universal. The opening sets the tone for a work that explores profound questions, revealing Coleridge's yearning to understand and articulate the complexities of human experience. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Language |
English |
| LoC Class |
PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
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| Subject |
Quotations, English
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| Subject |
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834 -- Quotations
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| Subject |
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834 -- Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc.
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| Category |
Text |
| EBook-No. |
41705 |
| Release Date |
Dec 25, 2012 |
| Copyright Status |
Public domain in the USA. |
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